B16 bottom end build.

I was thinking that I would stroke it but seing as the cheapest kit i could find was 1700$ I'm kinda rethinking this. what is the max bore I can go with on a stock block. What rod/piston combo should I use. I'm open for many ideas. I'm not in a hurry because this is a project but i would like to at least get a starting point.Thanks

Originally posted by theB16tegguy@Jul 27 2004, 09:23 PMI was thinking that I would stroke it but seing as the cheapest kit i could find was 1700$ I'm kinda rethinking this. what is the max bore I can go with on a stock block. What rod/piston combo should I use. I'm open for many ideas. I'm not in a hurry because this is a project but i would like to at least get a starting point.Thanks

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On a stock unsleeved block, I wouldn't go over 82mm without sleeving it. If it is just a spare block, bore it to 81.5mm and buy some high compression pistons and some cams and tuning. If you wanna go big, sleeve it, and bore to ~85mm, you'll get some good numbers with that.

You want to stay N/A or have you thought about a turbo? Why don't you just boost it and not worry about building the bottom end. You could probably get a reliable 300whp with a good turbo setup. Just make sure you have good fuel management and tune it really well.

can anyone give me a second opinion on this? I've never heard of this and as far as I know, many people run stage 2 in there ITR's ......... but if I cant then I can't, which would suck. I thought stage 2's were generally only a tad bit better then type R cams themselves? I dunno,.....